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How many Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean?
Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean:
33
There are 33 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean today, according to the United Nations. The full list is shown in the table below, with the current population and subregion (based on the United Nations’ official statistics).
Country = Region
- Brazil = South America
- Mexico = Central America
- Colombia = South America
- Argentina = South America
- Peru = South America
- Venezuela = South America
- Chile = South America
- Ecuador = South America
- Guatemala = Central America
- Bolivia = South America
- Haiti = Caribbean
- Dominican Republic = Caribbean
- Cuba = Caribbean
- Honduras = Central America
- Nicaragua = Central America
- Paraguay = South America
- El Salvador = Central America
- Costa Rica = Central America
- Panama = Central America
- Uruguay = South America
- Jamaica = Caribbean
- Trinidad and Tobago = Caribbean
- Guyana = South America
- Suriname = South America
- Bahamas = Caribbean
- Belize = Central America
- Barbados = Caribbean
- Saint Lucia = Caribbean
- Grenada = Caribbean
- St. Vincent & Grenadines = Caribbean
- Antigua and Barbuda = Caribbean
- Dominica = Caribbean
- Saint Kitts & Nevis = Caribbean
Dependencies or other territories:
- Puerto Rico (U.S.A.)
- Guadeloupe (France)
- Martinique (France)
- French Guiana (France)
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Aruba (Netherlands)
- U.S. Virgin Islands (U.S.A.)
- Cayman Islands (U.K.)
- Turks and Caicos (U.K.)
- Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
- British Virgin Islands (U.K.)
- Caribbean Netherlands (Netherlands)
- Anguilla (U.K.)
- Montserrat (U.K.)
- Falkland Islands (U.K.)
Is Latin America the same as the Caribbean?
Latin America is generally understood to consist of the entire continent of South America in addition to Mexico, Central America, and the islands of the Caribbean whose inhabitants speak a Romance language.
What is the group of Latin America and the Caribbean?
The Group of Latin America and Caribbean Countries, or GRULAC, is one of the five United Nations Regional Groups composed of 33 Member States from Central and South America, as well as some islands in the West Indies. Its members compose 17% of all United Nations members.
Source: Britannica, worldometers.info
